It took less than a second, running latest firefox on linux and noscript/adblock/flashblock/etc.

But on the same vein of off topic, I just want to know if the microwave and coffee maker on that picture run linux.

While I could very easily be wrong Linus always struck me as the kind of guy who would want a microwave and coffee maker that just works and wouldn't really care if they run linux or not.

He strikes me as the kind of guy who just wants the best tool for the job. If it doesn't exist, he makes it.

As opposed to Richard Stallman, who probably does not drink coffee unless it comes from a coffee maker running free softare.

Just to be pedantic...

Stallman: I'm less concerned with what happens with embedded systems than I am with real computers. The real reason for this is the moral issues about software freedom are much more significant for computers that users see as a computer. And so I'm not really concerned with what's running inside my microwave oven.

Again, I'm happy if people find GNU/Linux useful for that. If some companies finds it useful in a microwave oven I'll say, "That's nice." But I don't think that's where the social and political issues arise. Those arise where the computers are visible to the user as computers. We can load software into them. We have thus the possibility of sharing and changing software. And then it becomes a significant question whether we are allowed to do so or whether we are blocked from doing so.

Interesting.

I don't agree with Stallman on making this distinction. (I don't agree with him in general, either, though.)

Seems fine for me, took 4 seconds to fully load.

I ask because wired.com pages consistently take 20-30 seconds for me. Ping is on the order of 60 ms just now. Just curious about what makes it so slow for me.

Taking a brief look at the article's source, it looks like wired uses a huge number of javascript includes. These vary from word press plugins, to tracking analytics, to even a konami code robot.

This, along with the image heavy layout and the fully expanded comments section can probably account for your load times.

That's odd. I haven't noticed any slowness (and I've loaded the OP several times today).

Try installing Ghostery. It blocked 11 external JS files from loading on that page for me.

http://www.ghostery.com/